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Marjorie Quinney's Checkered Coat

Date: 1910
Description: Marjorie Quinney, Richard Quinney's aunt, wearing a stole and a checkered coat, standing behind a Model-T Ford on the family farm with sheds in background.
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Floyd Quinney

Date: 
Description: Floyd Quinney, Richard Quinney's father, feeding cows and chickens in a field on his family's farm.
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Mervin Kittleson and Floyd Quinney

Date: 1924
Description: Mervin Kittleson and Floyd Quinney standing in front of a barn and next to a Ford Model T just before they embark for a trip to California.
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Richard Quinney's Wheelbarrow Ride

Date: 1935
Description: Baby Richard Quinney rides on a full wheelbarrow pushed by his father, Floyd Quinney, across the farmyard.
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Richard and Ralph Quinney Haul Firewood

Date: 1939
Description: Winter scene with young Richard and Ralph Quinney hauling firewood on a sled through the snow past the farmhouse.
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Grain Wagon

Date: 1944
Description: Richard and Ralph Quinney with their father, Floyd Quinney, riding in the back of a horse-drawn grain wagon in the farmyard.
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Lorena Taylor Holloway

Date: 
Description: Lorena Taylor Holloway, Richard Quinney's maternal grandmother, standing in a farmyard with a building, milkcans and a fenced field in the background.
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Camels Near Farm

Date: 1920
Description: View across road of six camels walking and grazing along the side of a country road near Holloway Farm. They may have been circus animals going from one to...
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Farm of Elmer Willis Sesl (Seil)

Date: 
Description: The Elmer Willis Sesl (sp?) farm. The photograph has the term "Exhibit "B"" written on the front in ink.
Drawing

Hay Into the Barn

Date: 1945
Description: A man stands on top of a full hay wagon parked in front of the closed door of a red barn. Above the man a grappling hook full of hay can be seen through th...
Drawing

Boys Playing Ice Hockey

Date: 1945
Description: Three boys play ice hockey on a frozen pond. One boy has fallen and is sitting on the ice. Snow covers the ground, with some grass peeking through. A fence...
Drawing

Sledding at the Farm

Date: 1945
Description: Two boys sled down a snow covered hillside at the farm. Two leafless trees are on the right. Along the horizon is a red building on the left with a fence s...
Drawing

Mailbox at the Farm

Date: 1945
Description: Black and white sketch of a mailbox on a post in a milk can, with its flag up, next to a country road. Across the road is a tree and fence, with a field an...
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Warren Potter

Date: 1932
Description: Warren Potter, holding a bucket, poses with his sheep and lambs. There is a road in the background and a farmstead on the other side of the road.
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Boys and the Goat House

Date: 1927
Description: The Petersen brothers, from far left William Otto, Conrad Schmidt, and Edward William, with an unidentified boy (probably a cousin) pose in front of a smal...
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The Baker Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Young trees and corn grow in a fenced field in front of a two-story wood frame house, two barns and another building. In the background there are open and ...
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Farmall Tractor Belt-Driving Machinery in Field

Date: 1931
Description: View across field towards men working in a field. A Farmall tractor is belt-driving machinery, perhaps to bale hay. Farm buildings and silos are in the far...
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The Farm

Date: 08 2013
Description: View of a weathered old barn on the family dairy farm. The sliding doors are open, and there is one small window just under the roof at the gable end of th...
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Kitten on the Radio in the Barn

Date: 08 2013
Description: A photograph of a photograph of a kitten sitting on an old radio. The photograph is hanging in a wood frame from the rafters of the barn.
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Retired Farmers

Date: 10 2013
Description: Two retired farmers, Richard Quinney, photographer, on the right wearing a baseball cap with the phrase "Life is good" stitched on it, and his cousin, wear...

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